That is one reason I have not been convinced about the flag icon. It reinforces the kick-in-the-teeth aspect, which doesn't seem well-suited to a decentralized system. When you flag or report something on a centralized system that means bringing it to the attention of the operator who decides what to do about it, which can also include using its discretion and authority to temporarily or permanently ban the person doing the flagging/reporting for abuse of the feature. That concept makes no sense here. All we have are people expressing their opinions, and I don't see how attaching a value judgment on opinions at the UI level with an icon makes a lot of sense. Better to just leave it value neutral and let the blockchain use the resulting consensus to allocate rewards. That is my view at least.
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